Written by Lambert Strether of Corrente.
Today’s bird song
Northern Mockingbird, Cape Island – Crew House, Cape May, New Jersey, USA. “At night, I sing night songs from a perch in one of my neighbor’s hedges.” “I walked right over and recorded it from just a few meters away.” Lots of variety!
“Bird brains from the age of dinosaurs reveal the roots of bird intelligence” (Press release) [University of Cambridge]. “Researchers have identified an extremely well-preserved fossil bird from the Mesozoic era, approximately the size of a starling. With its complete skull preserved almost intact, it is rare for bird fossils, especially this one. The extraordinary three-dimensional preservation of the skull makes it unusual for an ancient bird and one of the most important discoveries of its kind, researchers led by the University of Cambridge and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County said. were able to digitally reconstruct the brain of… Nabaornis had a larger cerebrum than Archeopteryx, suggesting it had more brains than the earliest bird-like dinosaurs. also have advanced cognitive abilities. However, most areas of the brain, such as the cerebellum, are underdeveloped, suggesting that the complex flight control mechanisms of modern birds have not yet evolved. “The mammals have some of the most advanced cognitive abilities in the animal kingdom, and no other species can match this.”The study’s lead author, Professor Daniel Field from the University of Cambridge’s School of Earth Sciences, said: said. “But scientists have struggled to understand when and how birds’ unique brains and remarkable intelligence evolved. The field is struggling to find fossils exactly like this one. ” (Original text from Nature, cannot be translated into English.)
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